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Lipstick Jungle
by Candace Bushnell
Red. The color of heat, passion, lust, love, power, confidence and sex appeal. All perfectly descriptive of the women in Lipstick Jungle.
On the prowl in the lipstick jungle of New York's most competitive and high profile industries: fashion, publishing, filmmaking to secure multi-million dollar salaries, corner offices and billboard recognition are the three friends Nico, Victory and Wendy.
Nico O'Neilly is editor-in-chief of Bonfire Magazine. She is obsessed with being the first female CEO of the Splatch-Verner publishing division. Feeling like there is nothing new in her life, Nico takes on a "hot male model who was eager to trade in his underwear for boy-toy status." Meanwhile, Nico's husband of 14 years, Seymour, is happy to teach one class at Columbia University, plan dinner parties and coach her on The Art of War in the office.
Victory Ford's rise to billboard recognition begins with the glamorous annual fashion week in New York and a less than glamorous show of her work. When the media rejects her line, Victory rebounds by developing partnerships that result in her own couture line. Satisfied with her single and childless lifestyle, Victory lives luxuriously with adoring billionaire boyfriend Lyne Bennett, who lavishes her with his wealth, private jet and spur-of-the-moment trips, but acts as if he owns her. Victory wants to make billions in her own way and buy her own private jet.
Wendy Healy is a stressed wife trying to keep her stay-at-home husband's excessive spending and her three young children under control. But as President of Parador Pictures she is extremely successful and has the Oscars to prove it. Unhappy with the household role reversal, Wendy's husband Shane demands a divorce and custody of the kids because of Wendy's hectic schedule. However, the rich and successful Wendy isn’t threatened by the male ego.
The book follows these three successful women and their glamorous high profile New York jobs. What keeps these women together through their hectic schedules and power-climbing trips is their belief in one another.
Title: Lipstick Jungle
Author: Candace Bushnell
Publisher: Hyperion Books
ISBN: 0786868198
Review written by: Alexandra Perich
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